---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid parity; coverage; mental health and substance use disorders; contract compliance; noncompliance reviews; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; complaints; publication of reports; effective date."
description: "Medicaid parity; coverage; mental health and substance use disorders; contract compliance; noncompliance reviews; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; complaints; publication of reports; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2049"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2049 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Stinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb46fb0-1562-4b88-8404-4536a08745c9"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2049&session=2600"
source_hash: "eb5353fc4bb1dfd50198978b59a450dd0c27de6a9d98f87308fe700fa9d9b3ef"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma HB 2049 (2026) — Medicaid parity; coverage; mental health and substance use disorders; contract compliance; noncompliance reviews; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; complaints; publication of reports; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB2049 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2049 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2049 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2049 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2049 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Health Subcommittee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **75–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Stinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Stinson
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Ranson, Archer, Hefner
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Pittman
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-29** Coauthored by Senator Nice
- **2025-04-30** Coauthored by Senator Kirt
- **2025-04-30** General Order, Considered
- **2025-04-30** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-01** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eb46fb0-1562-4b88-8404-4536a08745c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).